How to Use hindsight in a Sentence

hindsight

noun

• It's easy for us to say that the war was wrong, but we have the advantage of hindsight.
• In hindsight, all the items need to be fixed at some point.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 2 June 2021
• In hindsight, the first episode tees us up well for the second.
  — David Klion, The New Republic, 25 Sep. 2020
• In hindsight, the joke was of very poor taste and a mistake on my part.
  — Emily McFarlan Miller, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2022
• In hindsight, the change had less to do with vibes, and more to do with technique.
  — Michael Russell, oregonlive, 30 Mar. 2021
• In hindsight, to Legler the upshot has been a lack of forethought by the Heat.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2023
• But with the gift of hindsight, Hoy said the delay proved to be a blessing.
  — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 25 May 2017
• In hindsight, the timing for the name change was perfect.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2021
• Moreschi says, in hindsight, the warning signs were there.
  — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2017
• In hindsight that kind of thinking made me a lot freer.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 7 Nov. 2018
• In hindsight, maybe the Cone pick wouldn’t be made today.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 19 June 2021
• So there was a lot of mixed emotions in hindsight about him.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2023
• This is a tough pick to make — even with the benefit of hindsight.
  — Steven Ruiz, For The Win, 26 Apr. 2018
• Now, to be clear, that seems to have been the right decision in hindsight.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2024
• In hindsight, my co-founder and I disagree on this point.
  — Doug Ladden, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2022
• But there were things in hindsight that Schulz said should have raised red flags.
  — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 12 Aug. 2020
• But in hindsight that was all the idea of Ron DeSantis.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 17 July 2023
• If this were in court a year from now, a judge would have the benefit of hindsight.
  — Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star, 12 July 2020
• In hindsight, the franchise had plenty of room to grow.
  — Justin Birnbaum, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
• But in hindsight, the 1992 tour is also a weird thing to spotlight.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2024
• In hindsight, what were the most important factors to you at the time?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2022
• In hindsight, that game was a harbinger of things to come.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 4 Dec. 2022
• In hindsight, the Iraq war turned out to be a disaster for the region.
  — CBS News, 29 June 2022
• In hindsight, the man is one of the Jasons, and the box is the device that Jason2 built to travel the multiverse.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2024
• In hindsight, that would almost be too cute for the movie that follows.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2021
• In hindsight, the Cure have been setting up their comeback for years while on the Shows of a Lost World tour.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2024
• In the hindsight of their escapes, the moments of this night would take new meaning.
  — Travis Scott, Fox News, 13 Nov. 2021
• In hindsight, that was a huge miss by the Tigers’ search committee.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 30 June 2022
• The reality of firing a coach: it can only be evaluated in hindsight.
  — Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
• In hindsight, consuming five cocktails with five different types of alcohol probably wasn’t the smartest, since the actors then had to head to another event.
  — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024